ARTIST BIO

Born and raised in Kassel, Germany, home to the Documenta, a major international contemporary art exhibit, Christina was exposed to art at an early age. Growing up in a motorcycle business, Christina's artwork during that time was mostly comprised of collages and pop art and graffiti style drawings which were heavily influenced by early 90s rock and hip hop, music videos and her travels to the US, Australia and South Africa.

After attending the New York Film Academy in 1997, Christina moved to New York City permanently. She earned a BA from the City University of New York, where she studied set design under Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt. During that time, Christina worked as co-producer and production designer for Pistolero Films on numerous productions and designed scenery for a number of plays in Manhattan.

Christina started painting during the production of the award winning independent film "Liar's Pendulum" as the script required numerous paintings for a warehouse scene. The movie featured paintings that were designed by the director Andrew W. Flores and executed by Christina and her art department, as well as some of Christina's original paintings. These paintings, alongside other artifacts from the film were displayed at an exhibit during the Staten Island Film Festival. Christina continued painting after the production was over but took a break when she enrolled in the Interior Architecture and Design MFA program at the Academy of Art University.

After researching Abstract Expressionism for another film production, Christina was inspired to pick up painting again. For one of her first interior design projects, Christina was commissioned to create a large piece of abstract art. She delivered a series of eight abstract concrete and acrylic paintings. Since then, she has worked on abstract paintings, digital prints and a variety of artworks in concrete and wood. Her work has been exhibited in galleries around NYC and was part of Saatchi’s The Other Art Fair in Brooklyn. Christina had her first solo exhibit OFFSPRING: Abstract Art Reborn at the Hub17 Gallery in June, 2022. More recently, her digital art was shown at Spectrum Miami during Art Basel Miami and is going on view at the Cipriarte Gallery in Venice, Italy in April.